When NYCHA can’t buy parts for its ancient boilers and elevators, it makes them in this former Bloomingdale’s warehouse in Long Island City, often from scratch. FelipeDLH reports
Daniel Schnell, at work on a replacement coil assembly. Photo: Felipe De La Hoz The coils are a big problem. “It’s a heat exchange,” Joe Militano explains. “It goes inside of the tank and is probably one of our oldest pieces of equipment.” Militano is the director of technical services at the New York City Housing Authority, working at NYCHA’s sprawling satellite office on 49th Avenue, right by the Hunterspoint Avenue LIRR stop.
At the center is a CNC machine, a computerized behemoth that does much of the work of setup and cutting that was traditionally carried out by skilled machinists. In a matter of minutes, it can drill through solid steel plates in the precise configuration to hold the copper tubes that form the basis of building heating systems.
Elevator test setup; an extremely non-state-of-the-art control panel; fabricating a coil base plate for a boiler. Photos: Felipe De La Hoz. Elevator test setup; an extremely non-state-of-the-art control panel; fabricating a coil base plate for a boiler. Photos: Felipe De La Hoz.
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